Legging.



L. R. FENNESSEY.

LEGGING.

APPLlcATloN HLED Aue.31, xsrs.

Patented; Mar. 21, 1916.

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LEO P. FENNESSY, OF EDINA, MISSOURI.

LEGGING.

Application filed August 31, 1915.

To all whom it may/concern:

Be it known that I, LEo P. FnNNnssEY, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Edina, in the county of KnoX-and State'of Missouri, have invented new and useful 1mprovements in Leggings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a legging of the type which is provided with a removable gaiter foldable around the exterior of the lower portion of the legging.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a' leggingof this Character, in which the gaiter is removably connected to the legging and foldable around the exterior thereof above or below its connection with the legging.

A further object of the invention is to provide the legging and gaiter with means for securing the gaiter to the logging in such a manner as to permit the gaiterV tobe adjustably connected with the logging.

A still further object of the invention is to provide the legging and gaiter with fastening elements which coperate when the gaiter is folded about the legging above its connection therewith, to maintain said gaiter in a folded condition around the upper portion of the legging.

A still further object of the invention is to provide the ends of the gaiter. which meet when the gaiter is folded about the lower portion of the legging with fastening means for securing the ends of the gaiter together in such a manner that the ends may be disconnected and the strap which passes beneath the sole of the overshoes worn by the wearer of the logging, disconnected to permit said overshoes to be removed without disconnecting any porton of the body of the legging. I

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangem'ent of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and parti'cularly pointed out in the claims.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, although no restriction is nec specification of Letters Patent.

Patcnted Mar. 21, 1916.

Serial No. 48,275.

essarily made to the precise details of construction therein shown, as changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the legging and gaiter constructed in accordance with the invention, the gaiter being shown folded around the exterior of the lower portion'of the logging. Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 showing the reverse side of the legging. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the gaiter folded about the exterior of the logging above the connection of the gaiter with the logging. Fig.

4: is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the reverse side of the logging, from the side of the legging shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the legging and gaiter showing the same in an unfolded condition. Fig. 6 is an enlarged side elevation of a portion of a legging and gaiter to more clearly illustrate the means for connecting the gaiter with the legging. 7 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

The numeral 1 .designates the legging as an entirety which comprises a body 2 and a foldable gaiter 8. The legging body 2 is of the usual construction and formed from any suitable material which is preferably waterproof and hasxin this instance the side edges of the body provided with a cord connection of the well known type for securing the ends of the legging together. The leggingbody 2 is further provided upon one side thereof adjacent the bottom edge of the legging with the usual'strap 3' adapted to passbeneath the shoe of the wearer of the legging, and connected with the usual buckle 5 upon the oppo'site side of the logging.

The legging bodv 2 has secured thereto at a point substantially intermediate the top and bottom of the logging cross bars 6 and 7. The cross bar 7 is arrangcd adjacent the sideedge of the logging, which is provided with the fieaible element adapted to connect with the eyes upon the opposite side of' the 'from the strap 8 and provided with a buckle 10 in the upper end thereof.

The gaiter 3 is formed from any suitable' material which may or may not correspond to the material from which the legging body 2is formcd, said gaiter conforming approximately to the shape of the lower portion of the legging body 2, which it is adapted to normally surround when in use. The gaiter 3 like the body 1 has its opposite side edges provided with means for fastening said edges together when the legging is in use, and in this instance the fastening means comprises the usual fiexible'eieznent and eye connection used on the side edges of the body of the legging. Secured to, the lower edge of the gaiter 3 is the usual buckle and strap connection, as indicated at 12, said strap passing beneath the sole of an overshoe and engaging with the buckle 13 adjacent the end of the gaiter containing the flexible fastenin'g element, when the gaiter` is surrounding the lower portion of the body of the legging.

The upper portion of the gaiter 3 is pro- 'Vided with sp'acedvslits or eyelets 14 and 15, which are normally `disposed below the cross bars 6' and 7. Passing through the slits and over the cross bars 6 and 7 are straps 16, one end of which is providedwith a buckle 17, with which the remaining end of the strap may be adjustably lconnected to regulate the height of the gaiter from the lower edge of the body of the legging, said strap connections also serving to permit the gaiter to be raised and folded around the upper portion of the legging body 2, when it is desired to use the legging without the gaiter' -covering the lower portion thereof.

As the gaiter, portion of the legging is designed primarily to overlie the portion of the shoe of the wearer of the legging which is unprotected by an overshoe, the following description willexplain the application .of the legging to a person whose foot has an overshoe=thereon. Itwill, of course, be assumed .that under the conditions mentioned above, the gaiter 3 is surrounding the upper portion of the legging as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4 in the drawing, and that the Strap 3' of the legging is positioned between the cient in use.

sole of the shoe and the sole of the overshoe with the body of the legging folded, and secured about the leg of the wearer. The strap S is first disconnected from thebuckle 13 and the gaiter, after which the strap 9 is disconnected from the tongue of the buckle 10 and one end thereof removed from the slit 18 in the 1lower end'of the gaiter adjacent the end containing theI eyes for connection with the flexible element on the opposite end of the gaiter. It will now be seen that the straps 16 'permits the gaiter to move in a downward direction after the fasten/ing means upon the end of the said gaiter` have been unfastened. With the gaiter now in aposition to be folded around the exterior of the lower portion of the body of the legging, the buckle and strap connection 12 may be positioned beneath the sole of tlie over shoe and the flexible element engaged with the eyes upon the opposite end of the gaiter for securing the same folded about the lower portion of the body.

It will, vof course, be understood that if it is desired to remove the overshpes without .removing the body of the legging which is wrapped about the leg of the wearer in the usual manner, the strap 12 may be released from thebuckle 13 and the fastening means for theends of the gaiter unfastened, 'in order that the gaiter may be folded about the upper portion of the legging and secured by the straps Sand 9 if desired.

If, for any reason it should be desired to use the legging body without the gaiter, the same can be removed therefrom by disconnecting the strap' 16 from the cross bars 6 and 7.

From the foregoing description taken in connectionl with the accompanying drawing it is apparent that a legging has been pro- Vided which is simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture ,and highly effi- Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. A legging comprising a body, a gaiter surrounding the exterior of said body at the lower portion thereof, and means for re- 3. A legging comprising a body having cross bars at opposite sides thereof, a Igaiter having slits therein, and means' passing through said' slits and around said cross bars adaptedto permit said aiter to be folded around the exterior .o said body above or below said cross bars. w

4. A legging comprising a. body, cross bars at opposite sides of said body, straps cross bars With the :gaiter to permit the midepending from the upper eg of said 111% an iowering of the latter. vM)

body n spaced relation, a gaiter foldable n. testimony whereof I afix my signature about said. body above or below saidcross in presence oftwo Witnesses.

bars and provided With fastenng means en- LES P. FENNESSEY;

ageable With said straps when'said gaiter'. `Witnessesz z is folded about the body `above the cross y GUS DELANEY, bars thereon, and means for connecting the SADm DALANEN.

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